The art is pretty sweet, but this band is fucking terrible. I don't even like brain drill and they're still 1000x better than RoS. Absolutely no substance whatsoever. This is coming from someone who loves tech death. and to whoever said RoS's first album was good and the faceless suck, GTFO.

Upon further listening of the 2012 sampler, I do agree that it sounds like they are changing up their style a bit... not so much the unique feel the debut had, but rather seems more par for the course for "technical deathcore" these days, such as Trigger the Bloodshed, After the Burial, etc... the rhythm of the very first song is the kind of thing I'm pointing to. Wouldn't be surprised if they worked in a bit of djent in the mix too... not my favorite kind of metal, but I wouldn't be surprised if Rings was able to pull it off.

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Varth wrote:

I am getting pissed thinking about all the dumbass fake punk my sister made me listen to

It helps that I talk to MT outside of here plenty, so he's heard my rant about it before, plus I harp on it in my review for Embryonic Anomaly too. It wasn't at you directly, it just baffles me that so many people use the term "spacey" when describing RoS because that term makes me think of the exact opposite kind of sound. Surely I'm not the only person who imagines minimalist/ambient influences when I think of space and not immense technicality and kitchen-sink style songwriting?

Well sure. I would totally agree that stuff like ambient post rock with a ton of reverb would sound spacey. But I meant more of the alien, unknown, planetary aspect of space, not the infinite, lonely, vast emptiness of space. Just word confusion I guess.

not going to read what is most likely a complete piss fest back and forth but as long as the majority of the album is the pinball machine sounds like :23-:39 I'd pick it up... not immediately by any means... more like on ebay for 4 bucks like that last one.

I'm usually immediately put off by this style but goddamn when the guitars sound like pinball machines i used to spend a ton of time playing at my uncle's house... I just eat it up cause it brings back those good memories.

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:57 pm

I'm a couple songs into this, and yeah, this is far above my expectations I'm really, really digging this. Sounds a lot more deathcore-centric but that's certainly not a problem by itself. Overall it reminds me of a much djentier, more technical Suicide Silence. I'd even say this is better than the debut - sure, the weird guitar tone is gone, but the melodies feel a lot more legitimately cool and less gimmicky this time around, and BastardHead's gonna be pissed when he hears this because this actually sounds legitimately spacey as far as his definition of it goes.

Extremely excited for this now; I'll definitely be pre-ordering a copy.

I always thought they sounded more like the deathcore version of Brain Drill. All in all, they're an extremely sick band and I heard the stream that they had today of the second album. They've blown up so much just within these recent months, it's amazing.

They really nailed the guitar tone on this one. I think for certain that the experimental trippy parts captured a space setting really well. On the other hand, the album is also filled with a lot of typical deathcore nonsense, with only a couple really good riffs peppered throughout. Still, a huge improvement over their debut album. I'll definitely be spinning this some more because there is some plain old kick ass brutal stuff in here.

When I first heard about Rings of Saturn, I asked what all the hype was about involving them, so I checked out their first album.I could never get into them based on their first album, but once I heard Dingir I was instantly hooked.

just listened to Dingir earlier today and.. holy shit. so fucking good. a lot better than the first and i really liked the first.

That's exactly what I said. Every band's goal is to outdo their previous album and most of the time, they just change their sound or do something everyone doesn't like. But Dingir literally sounds like an improved version of the debut. It's their debut album on steroids.

just listened to Dingir earlier today and.. holy shit. so fucking good. a lot better than the first and i really liked the first.

That's exactly what I said. Every band's goal is to outdo their previous album and most of the time, they just change their sound or do something everyone doesn't like. But Dingir literally sounds like an improved version of the debut. It's their debut album on steroids.

In would disagree. It's the difference between the two albums that made everyone like this more. I mean, they're both very technical, and they're both deathcore albums, but that's all they have in common.

I checked this album out the moment they released a link through totaldeathcore, it was one of my more anticipated releases.

I gotta say I really enjoyed it. I think around a couple years ago or so, I heard Embryonic Anomalies for the first time. And I didn't like it. Too much chug, too much weird alien-sounding wank, too much stuff I don't like. I revisited it a few months however when I got into the more brutal side of tech death and I enjoyed it quite a lot. So needless to say I enjoyed this one a lot.

I only gave it one listen so I won't be giving a full review or anything but I want to make 2 comments on the drums. First, a good thing: I love his gravity blasts. He uses them a lot in bursts and he uses them without fault; it sounds like he's actually using two hands. Second, a bad thing. He uses his main drum beat waaaaaaay too much. It involves 16ths on the snare and 8ths on the hi hat, with kicks being either 16ths or 32nds. That beat is just used too much and is too repetitive.

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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:23 pm

Alright, fully rested. Let's take a look at suleiman's post.

suleiman wrote:

they make Necrophagist sound like Judas Preist

Very debatable. They sound about equal in terms of technicality to me, at least, or you could argue that Necrophagist uses more of it but in a less flashy manner than Rings of Saturn.

suleiman wrote:

its all weddly widdly wooo widdly growl widdly woo

Nope. Embryonic Anomaly has a fair amount of little bits of noodling, but to say it's all that is stupid because there are plenty of "normal" riffs integrated into the music. And Dingir doesn't even have that much noodling at all - it's pretty damn riffy.

suleiman wrote:

despite hearing the whole thing twice i was unable to remebr ANYTHING from their debut

You're either exaggerating here or you have amnesia, because Embryonic Anomaly has plenty of moments that'll stick with you if you give them a chance.

suleiman wrote:

i would take Brain Drill or even Beneath the Massacre over this anyday...

That's personal preference, I guess, but you word your post as if you're implying that Beneath the Massacre are more technical than Brain Drill...